In the Schenectady Daily Gazette, Tatiana Zarnowski reports on a power outage that hit the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Tuesday afternoon, July 17, 2012. The Tuesday, July 17 evening performance was powered with lighting run on emergency generators.

New York City Ballet announced today that Soloist Adam Hendrickson will retire after 14 years with the Company.

His final performance will take place on Saturday, July 21 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, when he will dance Mercutio in the matinee performance of Peter Martins’ Romeo & Juliet.

Hendrickson will then start a new career with Weapons Specialists Ltd., a theatrical property house based in New York that specialises in on-set weapons consulting, coordination and choreography. Hendrickson was first introduced to the company in 2007 when they worked with NYCB to stage the sword fighting scenes for Romeo & Juliet.

I have fond memories of his dancing way back to his early days in the company. I had the pleasure of seeing him perform up close in a CPYB benefit in Pennsylvania in 2000 or 2001, but best remember him as Puck and as Pierrot in 'La Sonnambula'. In a company not known for dancer-actors, Hendrickson has shown a wonderful aptitude for creating characters and flavoring bravura with character (a la Puck). He took on character roles such as Dr. Coppelius and Drosselmeyer at a very young age, and was not only competent, but convincing and unique without being too quirky.

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